OMA is planning to build a 63,000-seat stadium in its home city for football club Feyenoord Rotterdam.
OMA's managing partner David Gianotten has designed the new Feyenoord Stadium, which is set to become the largest football stadium in the Netherlands.

Proposed for a site on the Maas river, the building will replace Feyenoord's existing stadium De Kuip, which is set to be redeveloped.
Gianotten said the arena will set "a new benchmark in contemporary stadium design".

"The new Feyenoord Stadium will be as iconic and intense for the supporters and players of Feyenoord, and for the Dutch national team, as the historic Stadium de Kuip has been – but now fulfilling all top-level UEFA regulations," he said. "We look forward to finalising the design and seeing the completed stadium in our hometown of Rotterdam."

The stadium is designed to follow "the DNA" of De Kuip, so will have a similar bowl-shaped form. This will be formed of curved seating tiers, arranged so that they sit as close to the pitch as possible.
"From each seat, visitors will have a sensational view onto the pitch," said OMA.

As shown in visualisations, the exterior of the stadium will consist of a lightweight framework, anchored by concrete piers.
A concourse, designed in collaboration with landscape studio Lola, will create public space around the outside of the structure.
The aim is for the venue to also be able to host m...